“What's magical about [bears] is that they just spend one-hundred percent of every minute of every hour of every day being a bear. And a tree-frog spends all of its time being a tree-frog. We spend all our time trying to be somebody else.” TryingHoursTreeMinutesBearsPercentHundredOur TimeFrogs Author:Stephen Fry
“To paraphrase the philosopher Nietzsche, he who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If we gather a set of strong enough reasons to change, we can change in a minute something we've failed to change for years.” IfsYearsReasonEnoughMotivationalFoundStrongKnowingMinutesBearsPercentPhilosopherStrong EnoughParaphrase Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“The L.A. Times reports that al Qaeda terrorists have been traced to Iran, and President Bush is talking tough. In fact he said he will attack the minute he has evidence his approval rating is under 45 percent.” Has BeensSaidFactsPresidentTalkingMinutesPercentEvidenceToughTerroristReportsIranAlsApprovalPresident BushRatingAl QaedaApproval Rating Author:Jay Leno
“Most of the comics that I talk to I've never talked to for more than ten minutes ever. So 95 percent of the time you're really hearing the first conversation between me and that guy on the podcast.” FirstsGuyMinutesTenConversationPercentHearingThat Guy Author:Marc Maron
“I'm an idiot, basically. I don't think that I'm a dumb guy, but I also realise that I have access to about 0.1 percent of the information that I need to have a truly informed opinion about half the stuff I talk about. I'm like that loud guy in the bar, who kind of makes sense for about ten minutes, and then you realise he flunked everything at high school so you just laugh at him.” ThinkingNeedsKindSchoolGuyStuffHalfOpinionLaughingMinutesInformationTenPercentHigh SchoolAccessBarsDumbIdiotMake SenseLoudRealisingDumb GuyInformed Opinions Author:Bill Burr
“Congratulations to Saddam Hussein on being elected to another seven-year term. It was very close. He received 99 percent of the vote, and one percent of the vote went for last-minute candidate Frank Lautenberg.” YearsLastsTermMinutesPercentVoteSevenCandidatesFrankSaddamCongratulationsHusseinSeven YearsLast Minute Author:David Letterman
“I mean, let's look at it in the other way. If they claim that words have this mysterious power over people, well, 99 percent of on the songs on the radio deal with the topic of love and we use the term loosely. So, kids have heard love, love, love, love ... the minute they turn on the radio. Do you see any kids doing love? I see them doing crack ... but not love. So, it's bullshit!” PeopleIfsWayWellsLooksMeanUseKidsSongTurnsTermDealsHeardMinutesPercentClaimsRadioMysteriousCracksBullshitTopicsTurn-on Author:Frank Zappa
“Even when I go shopping, I don't shop as a woman. The only time I shop is when I need something, and I'm in and out in less than 30 minutes, so I have no energy to look at 50 million gowns and styles and make sketches and think about heels. I'm not girly in that way. I'm relying on the stylist to do 99 percent of the work.” ThinkingWayNeedsLooksEnergyMillionsMinutesStylePercentShopsShoppingHeelsOnly TimeGownsStylistGirlyNo Energy Author:Viola Davis
“In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced. We have a universe” Has BeensMatterUniverseThreeMinutesPercent Book:A Short History of Nearly Everything Source: A Short History of Nearly Everything